Hay-rack.



Patented July-I, |902 P. PLOTNIK.

HAY RACK.

(Application tiled Feb. 27, 1902.;

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UNITED' STATES PATENT OEEICE. i

PAUL PLOTNIK, OF DELANO, MINNESOTA.

HAY-RACK.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,462, dated J' uly1, 1902. Application filed February 27, 1902. Serial No. 95,900. (NoinodeLl To all whom, it may concern,.-v

Beit known that I, PAUL PLOTNIK, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Delano, in the county of Wright and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Hay-Rack, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to means for securing crossed timberstogether, and while particularly intended for use in hay racks or framesit will be evident that it may be employed in other connections.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide means for securing thelongitudinal and cross beams of a rack secured together without the useof nails or like fasteners, and another important feature relates tomeans for properly positioning and holding said beams in exactangularrelation to each other, so that they cannot become displaced.

The preferred means for accomplishing the above objects is clearlyshownin the accom.

panying drawings and described in the following specification.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the `frame of ahay-rack, showing the beams or timbers thereof held together.

by the improved means. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improvedbinder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View through the same.

lation ofthe seats thereof.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings. y Y

The frame of the rack (shown invFig. l) consists of a pair oflongitudinally-disposed beams 10, upon which are supported a number ofspaced cross-beams 1l,said cross-beams being connected to thelongitudinal beams 10 by the improved binders, (designated as a whole bythe reference-numerals 12.) In the construction of these binders spacedtie-rods 13 are employed, each having at one end au angular head 14, theotherend being threaded to receive a nut 15. Upon said rods aremountedend clampfplates 16 and'17 and an intermediate plate'lS. It willbe observed that the end Aplates 16 and 17 have seats 19 and 2O intheirlinner opposingfaces, which seats are located at right angles to eachother. The intermediate plate 18 is provided in its `posing seatsvof theend plates.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the interme-v diate clamp-plate, illustratingthe angular re opposite faces with seats 21 and 22, and these seats aredisposed at right angles to each other, so that they will correspond tothe op- The several plates are movably mounted upon the tierods, and tothis end they have openings 23 in their ends through which s'aid rodspass, the openings of the upper plate 16'being angular to receive theangular heads 14.

The application of the binders will be readily1 understood by referencetoFig. l, wherein it will be seen that the tie-rods 13 are located uponopposite sides of andY inthe augles formed by the beams. 4The end clamp-`plates engage over the outer edges of-said beams, which edges will belocated in the seats 19 and 20. The intermediate plates 18 are locatedbetween the meeting edges of the beams, and said edges will likewise bedisposed in the seats 2l and 22, because the up- "per and lower sets ofseats are `disposed at right angles toleach other. It will therefore beevident that the beamswill beproperly positioned, and by clamping thebinders in place through the medium of the nuts 15 the structure will besecurely fastened together against accidental displacement. By thismeans it will be seen that an exceedinglysimple bihderis provided forthe beams which will not only securely clamp them together, but willproperly maintain them in coacting relation. l

` From the-foregoing it is thought that the construction,operation,andmany advantages ofthe herein-described invention will'be apparent tothose skilled lin the art without further description, andxit will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to `without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantagcs of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with crossed beams, of tie-rods located uponVopposite sides of and in the angles formed by the said beams,`clamp ingconnections between the tie-rods extending across the outer faces of thebeams, and means for clamping the connections against the beams.

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2. The combination with crossed beams, of tie-rods located upon oppositesides of and in the angles formed by said beams, clamping connectionsbetween the tie-rods extending across the outer faces of the beams, anintermediate connection movable upon the rods and located between thebeams, and means for clamping the connections against the beams.

3. In a binder of the class described, the combination with spacedtie-rods, of an intermediate clamp-plate mounted upon the rods andhaving recessed seats in its opposite faces.

4. In a binder of the class described, the combination with spacedtie-rods, of an intermediate clamp-plate mounted upon the rods andhaving recessed seats in its opposite faces, said seats being disposedin angular relation to each other and between the tie-rods.

5. In a binder of the class described, the combination with spacedtie-rods, ofan intermediate clamp-plate movably mounted upon the rodsand having recessed seats in its opposite faces, said seats beingarranged in angular relation to the side edges of the plate between therods and at right angles to each other.

6. In a binder of the class described, the combination with spacedtierods, of end clamp-plates mounted upon the rods and having recessedtimber seats in their opposing faces, said seats being located betweenthe rods and in angular relation to each other.

7. In a binder of the class described, the combination with tie-rods, ofend clampplates mounted upon the tie-rods, and an intermediateclamp-plate also mounted upon the rods between the two end plates, saidplates having similarlydisposed seats in their opposing or adjacentfaces, the seats in one end plate and one side of the intermediate platebeing disposed in angular relation to the seats in the other end plateand other side of the intermediate plate.

8. In a binder of the class described, the combination with anintermediate and end clamping-plates having openings in their oppositeends, of tie-rods passing through the openings, said plates havingsimilarly-disposed seats in their opposing faces between the openings,the seats in one end plate and one side of the intermediate plate beingdisposed in angular relation to the seats in the other end plate andother side of the intermediate plate'.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as myown Ihave hereto aihxedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL PLOTNIK.

lVitnesses: f

MARGARET STEFFES, JOHN TISCHLER.

